Egg opener



Oct. 7, 1952 A, TOMQLA 2,612,921.

EGG OPENER Filed D60. 19, 1949 A nrhany 6. Toma/a INVENTOR.

Patented Oct; 1952 v UNITED STATE PAT p i A 2,612,921

, l 1 This invention relatesto a device for use in homes and restaurants primarily designed to 1 Claim. (01. 146-2) facilitate the opening of eggs in such amanner hand on the handle of the device, the devicebeing Provided with actuated jaws and rims for retaining the egg shell after the egg has been opened.

Yet another important object of this invention is to provide a device which is relatively simple in design and construction, cheap to manufacture in large quantities, extremely easy to manipulate and very useful for its intended purpose.

A further object of this invention is to provide an egg opener comprising a pair of complementary arcuate plates contacting each other,

resilient means for spreading said plates apart, and egg piercing means carried by said plates at the contact point.

These, together with various ancillary objects and featuresof the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a top plan view of the device;

Figure 21s a side elevational view of the device;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 3-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing a different position of the device;

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 5-5 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a side elevational view of a modified form of the device; and

Figure '7 is a sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 1-1 of Figure 6.

Specific reference is now made to the drawings. In the several views in the accompanying drawings and in the following specification reference characters indicate corresponding elements throughout. 7

The present device comprises a pair of arcuated plates in and I2 which are provided with a peripheral rim [4 and I6 respectively. The inner edges of the plates are provided with piercing means in the form of vertical or upstandin flanges l8 and 20. The plates Ill and I2 are in effect complementary jaws which both receive an egg 22 when in a closed or contacting position.

N' TY I OF 1;

Riveted or otherwise secured to the uhdersurrace ofthe plates-are the free end portions 24 and 26 of a spring wire which is bent intermediate The wire is further l its ends to form a coil 28.

provided with laterally extending finger engagin'g 1 eyes 363 and 32, the wire being provided with portions 3d and 35 that are crossed and contiguous with the free end portions 24 and 26. Thus the bent wire is, in effect, a handle, which is so constructed as to normally urge the complementary plates it and i2 together so that the piercing flanges i3 and 29 contact each other. It will thus be understood that pressure on the handle by urging the finger engaging eyes 30 and 32 towards each othenwill cause the jaws or complementary plates it and 12 to be spread apart. In order to prevent substantial vertical movement or slippage between the complementary plates l8 and E2, the portion 3 5 of the wire is bent to form a loop 33 which receives the other portion 36 and acts as a guide therefor, as will be readily understood. I

The modification shown in Figures 6 and 7 is substantially the same in construction and desi n as the modification shown in Figures 1 to 5 with respect to the plates 10 and I2, the rims l4 and I6 and the piercing flanges l8 and 20, but differs from the first modification solely in the construction of the wire handle. As shown clearly in Figure 6, a wire handle 40 is provided which is bent intermediate its ends to form a spring coil 42 and a further bend intermediate its ends to form laterally extending finger-engaging eyes 44 and 46. The eyes 44 and 46 are contiguous with portions 48 and 50 respectively which are crossed as at 52 and secured at their free ends as at 54 and 58 to the under surface of the plates I0 and 12. Although the handle in the modification shown in Figuresd and '7 functions substantially into a container between the plates. The shells remain on the plates.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein carried by said transverse edges, and an operating handle carried by said plates; the improvement wherein said handle comprises a single piece of spring steel wire bent intermediate its ends to form a pair of integral legs resiliently interconnected by a coil, said legs being crossed and secured at their ends to said plates to urgev said; plates horizontally towards each other, said.

legs; being bent intermediate their: point of common plane.

crossing and said coil to form finger receiving loops lyingin a common plane with said coil, one

of said legs being bent at the point of crossing,

to form a'narrow elongated loop receiving and guiding the other of said legs to insure horizontal spreading only of said plates, said narrow elongated loop lying in a plane normal to said ANTHONY TOMOLA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 824,748 Schneider July 3, 1906 1,590,813 Donovan June 29, 1926 1,705,950 Wright Mar. 19, 1929 OTHER REFERENCES Central Scientific Company, General Catalogue J'-141, Copyright 1941, page 132, items 12150 and 12155. 

